Coffee farmers along the slopes Kenya’s Mount Elgon should soon get a boost, as the World Bank has awarded constituents there a Sh5 million (approximately $60,000 USD) grant to build a coffee processing plant.

Mount Elgon, an active volcano occupying some 35,000 square acres in the eastern part of the country, traditionally has provided ideal growing conditions for a range of arabica varietals, but effects of climate change and violence from tribal rivalries reportedly hampered production there in recent years.